Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, has seen more death from the covid-19 than any other city in China and was on a total lockdown for 11 weeks. I arrived there on Qingming, a festival dedicated to the remembrance of the dead, coincidentally, also a few days before the city was to lift the lockdown. The two weeks I spent there offer a glimpse into what life could look like after the worst pandemic in a century.
Gilles Sabrié is an editorial and corporate photographer based in Beijing. he has worked for over a decade in East and South-East Asia, documenting the staggering change the region has been going through. His work has been published in numerous publications worldwide, among many others, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, Time magazine, Geo, National Geographic, Der Spiegel, L'Espresso, The Observer, The Guardian... His corporate clients include among others: Apple, Chanel, Nestlé, Morgan Stanley, Schneider…